Aspear
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- Location
- Stockdale
- First Name
- Samuel
- Last Name
- Hastings
So a buddy of mine awhile back got into an accident on his street glide, and decided to step away.(he came out with only a few broken ribs, got hit by a car.) I have not been in the market for a bike, trying to spend time with my 4 year old, make enough money to let my wife stay home, take care of 325 acres and not go insane. I had been getting the itch, and put out feelers for a frame for my wrecked xr650l, and had a little slush money set aside. back to my buddy, he had told me shortly after his wreck that he had an airhead he was going to sell for about $2000, showed me some pictures and told me the back story on the bike. fast forward two months, saw him last tuesday and asked if he had sold it yet. he had not. told me to make an offer, and I told him I wouldn't insult him by offering what I could afford to give him. told him about my plans to find a frame for my xr and rebuild it. "well if you can do all that, bring me $500 and the bmw is yours". Well I am not one of the lucky guys who comes across great deals very often, and I have always loved 70s airheads. Im a young guy(26) but do not see me buying any of the current new bike offerings. so friday, with my begrudging wife in tow, took the pick up and trailer an hour into San Antonio and brought home what is probably the bike of my dreams.
onto the bike. which is the real story, its a true European bike. the po's buddy spend some time in Nigeria, where he knew some police officers. apparently bike maintenance was not a concept they were familiar with at the time. so bikes didnt stay on the road long, and the po's buddy got the permission to build a bike out of the junk yard. which he did. the bike then spent time riding around Nigeria and spent some time in Europe aswell. the frame is a 1976 R60/6, the motor is from an R80, or at least the jugs and carbs. bottom end may be different. so what does it need? tires, battery, carb cleaned and take cleaned. came with losts of spare parts, mag front wheel with disks, front fork leg and master cylinder to convert to disk. it has a rickmann polaris faring and semi recent paint. was last registered in 2008. has "maybe 3000 miles" since its last valve and points adjustment. has 27k kilometers on the clock. i have a tank cleaning and sealing kit from dime city cycles i got for my xr cafe project(another long story). bike came with carb gaskets. so i just have to buy tires and a battery and ride(read: it will take me about a year). if you stuck around to read all that, here is the bike.
if there are any airhead guys/experts in the stockdale/seguin/san antonio/austin area, please let me know. ill be rebuilding carbs, but will need help syncing
onto the bike. which is the real story, its a true European bike. the po's buddy spend some time in Nigeria, where he knew some police officers. apparently bike maintenance was not a concept they were familiar with at the time. so bikes didnt stay on the road long, and the po's buddy got the permission to build a bike out of the junk yard. which he did. the bike then spent time riding around Nigeria and spent some time in Europe aswell. the frame is a 1976 R60/6, the motor is from an R80, or at least the jugs and carbs. bottom end may be different. so what does it need? tires, battery, carb cleaned and take cleaned. came with losts of spare parts, mag front wheel with disks, front fork leg and master cylinder to convert to disk. it has a rickmann polaris faring and semi recent paint. was last registered in 2008. has "maybe 3000 miles" since its last valve and points adjustment. has 27k kilometers on the clock. i have a tank cleaning and sealing kit from dime city cycles i got for my xr cafe project(another long story). bike came with carb gaskets. so i just have to buy tires and a battery and ride(read: it will take me about a year). if you stuck around to read all that, here is the bike.
if there are any airhead guys/experts in the stockdale/seguin/san antonio/austin area, please let me know. ill be rebuilding carbs, but will need help syncing
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